Cindy Sheehan

WATCH: Cindy Sheehan At Occupy The Rose Parade

Posted 01.03.2012

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Cindy Sheehan, the woman who camped out in front of George W. Bush's ranch after her son was killed serving in the Iraq War, added fuel to Occupy the ...

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Occupy The Rose Parade Gears Up For 'The People's March'

Linda Milazzo | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: JR Martinez, Cindy Sheehan, Occupy Rose Parade, Rose Parade Occupy, Rose Bowl Parade, Occupy March, Corporate Greed, Rose Parade, Global Warming, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

Undeniably, military might and corporate cachet will be front and center in the Just Imagine Rose Parade. But, immediately following the might and money march comes the occupiers' march -- the people's march.

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Words Of Resilience: Quotes From Women Touched By 9/11

Posted 11.08.2011

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We’ve been so impressed and inspired by the number of stories about women coming out this week in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11: S...

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Amanda Terkel

Osama Bin Laden Death Skeptics' Ranks Grow

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- First there were truthers. Then there were birthers. Now come the "deathers." Like their refusing-to-believe brethren, a small minori...

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Take It Down A Notch, GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Teabaggers, Nancy Pelosi, Ronald Reagan, Tea Party Violence, Rush Limbaugh, George Orwell, Barney Frank, Cindy Sheehan, Tea Partiers, George W. Bush, John Lewis, Mark Schauer, John Boehner, Oklahoma City, Tea Party Threats, Michael Steele, Bart Stupak, Sean Hannity, Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

There is a suffocating, sweltering mood brewing in our country, like that of the anxious early 1960s; one that has gained safe haven in the Republican Party.

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Thousands Protest In D.C. For Iraq Withdrawal

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Thousands of protesters – many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama – marched through the nation's ...

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Stop The Gayhunt on Massa and Listen to Kennedy

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

Leave Massa alone -- he's a hot gay, bi, or questioning mess who is having a stress related breakdown. It's time to talk about what really matters for this country: the men and women overseas.

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An Ode to Mother's Day: Peace Begets Peace

John Perkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Persian Gulf, Mother's Day, Julia Ward Howe, Mother's Day Proclamation, United States, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Cindy Sheehan, Benjamin Franklin, Politics News
John Perkins

We're in the midst of a war in our country and it's our job to re-engineer the world for peace. Our narrow-minded attitudes and the resultant policies...

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A Revolution of Values, Bearing Witness to the Death of Our Rights

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, Cindy Sheehan, Olympics, Lrad, g20, Pittsburgh, Anti-War, Politics News
Jeanine Molloff

"Am I calling for an armed insurrection? Hardly, and only because I don't think it's possible or probable that an armed revolution would be successful..." said Sheehan.

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Cindy Sheehan Leads Protest At CIA, Cheney's House

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LANGLEY, Va. — A group led by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has protested near the CIA's headquarters and former Vice President Dick Cheney's ...

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Cindy Sheehan Follows Obama To Martha's Vineyard

Cape Cod Times | Jake Berry | Posted 05.25.2011

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On his first official vacation since taking office, President Barack Obama has tried to leave his work at home. So some demonstrators are bringing the...

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Life, Liberty and the Right to Be Sick

Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. George McGovern, Health Care, Howard Zinn, Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrereich, The Progressive, Robert La Folette, Robert Redford, Sen. Russ Feingold, Cindy Sheehan, Bismarck, Health, Politics News
Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel

Scandlen argues that "Americans are not required to buy food, clothing or shelter. Why must they buy health insurance?"

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Bush's Dallas Home Becomes Site Of War Protest

AP | ANNA M. TINSLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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DALLAS — Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is protesting again _ this time near former President George W. Bush's Dallas home. Sheehan led a brie...

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What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Pelosi can be defended for being in an impossible situation at the time. Even if she disagreed with the policy, there simply wasn't much for her to do about it.

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Two Mothers, Two Lost Son -- One Common Goal

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jerry Zovco, Casey Sheehan, Charles Karel Bouley, Blackwater, Karel, George W. Bush, Xe, Afghanistan, Iraq, Donna Zovco, Cindy Sheehan, Fallujiah, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

Jerry Zovko and Casey Sheehan changed the course of the war, by changing public opinions, but more importantly, by changing their mothers into accountability crusaders.

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Stevens, Gold Medals, Begich, Ron Paul, Ramsey, Mccain, Awards, China, Sarah Palin, Cindy Sheehan, Turncoat of the Year, Miss America, Enough Already, Mark Begich, 2008, Sofa, Dennis Kucinich, American Taxpayer, Turncoat, Status of Forces, Shinseki, Prime Minister, America Does Not Torture, Obama Wins, Edwards, Obama Is a Muslim, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Best Comeback, Taliban, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Maliki, Worst Politician, Styx, George Bush, President, Jon Benet, Beijing, President Elect Barack Obama, Iraq, Obama, President-Elect, Most Original Thinker, Spitzer, Bush, Lieberman, Michael Phelps, Blagojevich, Paulson, Mclaughlin, Stevens, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Pirates, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Shoes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Biggest Loser, Somali Pirates, McLaughlin Group, Most Boring, Person of the Year, Jesse Jackson, Throwing Shoes, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Richardson, Olympics, Best Photo Op, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Palin, Best Politician, Fairest Rap, Ramseys, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

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I Can't Wait To Have a President Who...

Erica Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Heller

7. Isn't afraid of a press conference, sex education, an intellectual, a gay person, stem cell research or as W. called it, "the internets," "3 Shakespeares," or an honest day's work.

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Top Ten Heroes of the George W. Bush Era

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Top Ten List, Valerie Plame Wilson, Heroes, George W. Bush, Winter Soldier, Obama, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Internet, Cindy Sheehan, Iraq Veterans, Amy Goodman Rnc, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Michael Moore, Protest, Democracy Now, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Shirin Sadeghi

As the W. Bush regime comes to an end it seems appropriate to pay tribute to the countless individuals and groups who have spent the last nearly 8 years exposing this government.

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BOO!! Two Spine-Tingling Tales Of Terror

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

[Today's Hallowe'en column is in two ghastly parts -- one frightful, fingernail-chewing tale for each side of the corpse-ridden and zombified politica...

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The Legacy of Harvey Milk

Kip Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cindy Sheehan, Gavin Newsom, Medea Benjamin, Gus Van Sant, Sean Penn, Harvey Milk, Civil Rights, Harvey Milk Movie, Gus Van Sant Milk Movie, SF Gay Men's Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Sean Pean Milk Movie, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Harvey Milk Club, Gay Rights, Ross Mirkarimi, Mark Leno, Entertainment News
Kip Williams

Last night was the world premiere of Milk at the Castro Theatre! For those who don't know, that's the new Gus Van Sant film about Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn in the title role.

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The Kos And The System: "Blogfather" Markos Moulitsas On Digital-Era Activism And His New Book

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christian Avard

"The right understands that working for change is very methodical. It's their ability to subsume the movement into a common whole that's made them very powerful. You don't get that on the left."

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Pelosi Gets "Booked" & Confronts Her Own Past

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Milazzo

For a woman who was once at the cutting edge of social progressivism, Nancy Pelosi has lost her way. She has strayed from her former social consciousness into the malaise of power.

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Sheehan Qualifies To Challenge Pelosi

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Cindy Sheehan, an icon of the anti-war movement, has qualified to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress....

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Cindy Sheehan Makes It On Ballot To Challenge Nancy Pelosi!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Decline to State Candidate, Constitution, Ballot, Nancy Pelosi, Independent, Speaker of the House, San Francisco, Congress, Candidate, Iraq, 2008 Election, Cindy Sheehan, 8th Congressional District, California, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Now comes the true test for the progressive movement. Will progressives who vehemently oppose Nancy Pelosi's failed Congressional leadership come forward to help Cindy Sheehan challenge Pelosi for her seat in San Francisco's 8th Congressional District? I know I will.

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A Call to Heroes: My "Sit-Down" With Vince Bugliosi

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogosphere, DemocracyNow!, Vincent Bugliosi, Alan Dershowitz, Attorney General, George W. Bush, Amy Goodman, Elizabeth De La Vega, Juan Gonzalez, Cindy Sheehan, Prosecution, Iraq War, Stephen Rohde, District Attorney, Vanguard Press, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Charles Manson, Vince Bugliosi, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Coming from Vincent Bugliosi, a man who has proven time and again that he has no fear, his threat it one that George Bush should take seriously. Vince will not back down.

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